Multiscaled skink

Weight

39.1 g – 53.2 gsrc for Weight

Length

11.2 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

11.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Carnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

14 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

4 – 7src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1 – 1.4src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Live birthsrc for Reproduction

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Brain mass

37 mgsrc for Brain mass

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyScincidae
6. genusChalcides
7. SpeciesChalcides polylepis Boulenger, 1890

Synonyms Chalcides ocellatus polylepis, Chalcides ocellatus var. polylepis

Catalogue of LifeITISWikidata

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@misc{multiscaled_skink_2026,
  title = {Multiscaled skink (Chalcides polylepis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/multiscaled-skink},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}